Thinking Pro in the Classroom
Thinking Pro is an innovative school curriculum and integrated professional development program that builds critical thinking, reading comprehension, and media literacy skills in the classroom using the local news media as a tool. Teachers, curriculum directors, and school administrators use Thinking Pro to launch a cognitive toolbox for critical thinking and reading comprehension across subjects and grades.
Improve reading comprehension of informational texts, multiple document analysis, integration of multiple text sources, and writing of essays and research papers (9th Grade; 9th Grade Honors; 10th Grade).
Improve historical document analysis, use of primary sources, evaluation of trustworthiness of sources, and author bias (Civics 10th Grade; Personal Finance 10th Grade; Econ 11th Grade).
Improve English language proficiency scores of individual students using Thinking Pro both as pull-out and push-in interventions across different grade levels.
Students with different achievement levels and from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds improve reading, writing, math, and science test scores:
>> 1,600 High school students in rural, urban, and suburban areas utilized Thinking Pro
In alignment with national standards, the program achieves outcomes in small and large school districts across the country, such as:
>> Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan
We are also used internationally in places such as Hamburg, Germany.
Thinking Pro has been successfully implemented by classroom teachers, support and resource teachers, and student teachers in collaboration with their mentor teachers
>> 21 ELA, Social Studies & ESL Teachers
Unlike learning programs by large publishers, THINKING PRO has been designed to create purposeful learning experiences that connect students to their local communities. Local issues and local news media are used as a motivational hook for students to ensure deep learning and become relevant to their personal lives beyond the classroom.
Unbiased, nonpartisan teaching approach to teach critical thinking and reading comprehension using local issues and local media as a motivational hook for students.
Thinking Pro’s interactive explainer videos model the use of specific cognitive skills, highlight why they matter, and provide practicing activities. Watched individually, the videos adapt automatically to students' ability levels and learning pace. Gamification is used to engage students at a deeper level and foster their proficiency in critical thinking and reading comprehension.
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